题目内容

14、A policeman was sitting in his car on the side of Highway 25, hoping to catch  speeders．After a while，a car full of elderly women slowly rolled by. The policeman  realized that the slow—moving car was a danger to other drivers on the highway, so he decided to ask them to pulled up．After the car had stopped on the side of road, the policeman got out and came to the car to speak to the drive. He said, “The speed  limit(限制)on this highway is fifty-five miles per hour．Why are you driving so slowly?” “Well，officer，I’ve seen a lot of signs on this highway that say‘ twenty- five’ not‘fifty—five'，”the old woman politely replied．

“Ma'am．”the officer told the driver．“those aren’t speed mean that you are driving on Highway 25．”

 “Oh，silly me．I didn't know．I'm sorry，officer．I'll be more carefully in the future .”she replied．

Then the police officer looked in the backseat of the car．He noticed that the elderly passengers looked frightened and were shaking with fear. The officer asked the driver，“What，s wrong with them? They 1ook like they ’ve been frightened to death by something.”

    The driver replied，“0h，they’ll  be all right in a minute．You see, we just got off Highway 120．”

1．The policeman stopped the car because the car was______.

    A．running too slowly         B．running too fast

    C．over crowded(过分拥挤)     D．full of elderly people

2．The driver is _________ ．

    A．a young man       B．an old man

    C．a girl            D．an old lady

3．If you drive on Highway 25，you should drive ________ miles per hour.

  A．at most 25         B．at most 55

  C．at least 120       D．at most 120

4．The passage hints(暗示)that _________.

  A．the Highway 1 20 is frightening

B．you can drive at any speed 0n highways as long as you don’t break the limit 55

C．the driver adjusted(调整)the driving speed by the number of the highways

D．the driver of the car understands the signs 0n the highway very well